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The UAE has carried out 30.8 million Covid-19 tests since the outbreak of the pandemic. AFP

Coronavirus: UAE reports 2,526 new Covid-19 cases
Two thirds of respondents to the Cigna survey would prefer to stop or drastically reduce working from home when the pandemic ends. Getty Images

Workplace stress in UAE higher than during lockdown, survey reveals

UAE
The spray coating destroys viruses from surfaces and indoor air. Nanoksi Finland 

Emirates airline to trial new solution that keeps surfaces Covid-free for a year

Transport
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, ordered medical and humanitarian aid be flown from Dubai to Sudan. Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid orders humanitarian aid flights to Sudan

UAE Government

Covid-19 in UAE: seven ways our lives changed in the past 12 months

UAE

Dad dreams of giving brave four-year-old daughter a better life

Health

Abu Dhabi health officials embrace artificial intelligence to assess impact of Covid-19

Health
IN DEPTH
A coronavirus vaccine at the navy port in Manama, Bahrain. Brandon Woods /US Navy

First Johnson & Johnson single shot Covid-19 vaccine set to arrive in Gulf

World
A healthcare worker gives an injection of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to a man at the Guru Nanak Darbar gurudwara, a Sikh temple in Dubai. AFP / Karim SAHIB

Sinopharm in the UAE: How effective is the Covid-19 vaccine?

Health
Left: Khor Fakkan in 1973. Right: Khor Fakkan in 2020. Courtesy Alain Saint-Hilaire and Antonie Robertson / The National

UAE then and now: how Sharjah's east coast enclave has transformed

Heritage
A health worker in Thailand receives a shot of the Sinovac vaccine. Reuters

Covid-19 booster shot: what's in it and how soon will you need it?

Science
Some of the locally produced products that can be found at the farmers' market in Business Bay, Dubai. Reem Mohammed / The National 

UAE farmers say local markets are thriving thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic

Health
Emirates airline delivers Australia's first vials of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Sydney.

Emirates airline delivers Australia's first batch of AstraZeneca - in pictures
A Bangladeshi Muslim man prays during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA/MONIRUL ALAM

Salah explained: why Muslims pray five times a day
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, with the now retired Maj Gen Helal Al Shehhi at the time of the war. Courtesy: Helal Al Shehhi

Liberation of Kuwait: Emirati commander recalls blazing oil wells and looted shops
Sultan Amir Hussein, 50, originally from Bangladesh works as a watchman in one of the old buildings in Tourist Club Area. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

Tourist Club residents say change is good as municipality demolishes buildings
Professional photographer Zohaib Anjum, who waited seven years to get the perfect shot of lightning striking the Buj Khalifa, said he hit another career aim in cataloguing the arrival of the gloomy early morning weather. Courtesy Zohaib Anjum

Photographer shares stunning time-lapse video of fog in Abu Dhabi
A cardiologist checks the arm strength of a patient during a consultation. Getty Images   

New study eases concerns over side-effects of key heart disease drug
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visits Idex on Thursday. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visits Idex on final day
Coronavirus
A healthcare worker gives an injection of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to a man at the Guru Nanak Darbar gurudwara, a Sikh temple in Dubai. AFP / Karim SAHIB

Sinopharm in the UAE: How effective is the Covid-19 vaccine?

Health
Locals stand outside a boutique hotel in the village of Misfat Al Abriyeen, which opened its narrow streets six years ago to foreigners and locals seeking adventure in the deserts. AFP

Oman brings in two-week coronavirus curfew as case numbers rise

Gulf
German authorities have been struggling to convince people that the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine is safe. Getty Images

Germany could lift AstraZeneca vaccine age limit in revamp of ‘very bad’ campaign

Europe
A Sikh healthcare worker holds a box of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during vaccination at the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in Dubai on February 28, 2021. / AFP / Karim SAHIB

Coronavirus: Sikh temple hosts vaccinations for Dubai residents

Health
Coronavirus Explained
A woman is vaccinated at a London mosque. AP

Covid-19 vaccine will not break Ramadan fast

Europe
A Saudi physician prepares to inject thePfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a coronavirus vaccination centre at Jeddah's old airport. AP

Doctors answer your questions about Covid-19 vaccine in UAE

Health
Dr Hind Al Awadhi, head of health promotion and education at Dubai Health Authority, has outlined isolation rules for people who have either tested positive for Covid-19 or are awaiting a result. Pawan Singh / The National

How to protect yourself and others after contracting Covid-19

Health
A woman wearing two face masks for extra protection against Covid-19 waits at a traffic light in Hanoi, a day after Vietnam recorded its first coronavirus outbreak in almost two months. AFP

Covid-19: are two masks better than one? And what about three?

Health
COURTS
A man caught with 34kg of cannabis on arrival at Dubai International Airport has been was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Getty

Man caught with 34kg of cannabis at Dubai airport jailed for 10 years

Businessman threw fake money from car in social media stunt, Dubai court told

Dubai bus crash: Omani driver’s jail sentence reduced to one year

Dubai man left with second degree burns after gang pours boiling water on him, court hears

Dubai housemaid jailed for stealing nearly Dh1m from employer​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​
EDUCATION
Gaynor Lowe, physical education teacher at The British International School Abu Dhabi, said it had been a challenge to move physical education online. Victor Besa / The National

Zoom learning is no substitute for classroom experience, UAE teachers say

Abu Dhabi health officials embrace artificial intelligence to assess impact of Covid-19

Saliva tests for Covid-19 will help schools return to normal, top UAE official says

Sharjah schools to continue with distance learning until the end of spring term

Unicef launches learning passport as Covid threatens education of 20 million girls
GOVERNMENT
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, ordered medical and humanitarian aid be flown from Dubai to Sudan. Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid orders humanitarian aid flights to Sudan

Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed waves at UAE Tour riders in Abu Dhabi

UAE Minister of State meets Yemeni foreign minister

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announces appointment of two ministers

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed meets Indian Minister of External Affairs in New Delhi
ENVIRONMENT
Some of the locally produced products that can be found at the farmers' market in Business Bay, Dubai. Reem Mohammed / The National 

UAE farmers say local markets are thriving thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic

UAE weather: Fair with a moderate breeze

This Abu Dhabi factory can produce 20,000 tonnes of organic fertiliser a year

UAE weather: Partly cloudy with chance of morning fog

UAE weather: Cloudy conditions with another drop in temperatures
HEALTH
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, ordered medical and humanitarian aid be flown from Dubai to Sudan. Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid orders humanitarian aid flights to Sudan

Abu Dhabi health officials embrace artificial intelligence to assess impact of Covid-19

Coronavirus: Sikh temple hosts vaccinations for Dubai residents

Sinopharm in the UAE: How effective is the Covid-19 vaccine?

Coronavirus: UAE reports 2,526 new Covid-19 cases
TRANSPORT
Artificial intelligence is being used to assess taxi and bus drivers in Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority

AI used to monitor behaviour of bus and taxi drivers in RAK

Emirates airline to trial new solution that keeps surfaces Covid-free for a year

Dubai road deaths drop by 62 per cent in final quarter of 2020

Damaged Israeli ship docks in Dubai after suspected Iranian attack

New parking charges introduced around Dubai Frame and Zabeel Park
HERITAGE
Left: Khor Fakkan in 1973. Right: Khor Fakkan in 2020. Courtesy Alain Saint-Hilaire and Antonie Robertson / The National

UAE then and now: how Sharjah's east coast enclave has transformed

Dubai temple to close ahead of big Hindu festival

New mosque opens in Sharjah ahead of Ramadan

Tourist Club residents say change is good as municipality demolishes buildings

Liberation of Kuwait: Emirati commander recalls blazing oil wells and looted shops
SCIENCE
The number of people allowed to exercise in gyms in Abu Dhabi and Dubai at any one time has been reduced to curb the spread of Covid-19. Antonie Robertson / The National

Maskless gym sessions 'significantly increase' Covid-19 risk

Covid-19 booster shot: what's in it and how soon will you need it?

Data science shaping the way future pandemics are handled, forum hears

Nasa's Perseverance beams back its first 360° panoramic image of Mars

Final countdown in search for next Emirati astronaut
COMMENT
The hospitality industry is in decline all over the world. EPA

Jobs after Covid-19: business not as usual

When an Emirati and an Israeli diplomat meet

How Turkey's government abuses - and uses - Kurdish groups

Joe Biden has hit Iran (and political commentators) where it hurts

Citizenship must be sacrosanct – even Shamima Begum's